The ability to share, integrate
and apply information between collaborating communities for
critical infrastructure protection and emergency response
has been a challenge for many years. Recently, OGC members
voted to release a document describing the Critical
Infrastructure Collaborative Environment (CICE)
Architecture. The CICE Architecture can be downloaded at
http://ip.opengis.org/cip/.

The CICE Architecture is a resource for technology users and
providers to collaborate in developing vendor-neutral
interoperable architectures for geospatial data and service
sharing among cooperating user organizations. The U.S.
Department of Homeland Security, the Federal Geographic Data
Committee, Natural Resources Canada and others have
identified achieving interoperability for geospatial data
and technologies as a priority for critical infrastructure
protection.

Applications for critical infrastructure protection, asset
management, damage prevention and incident management depend
on geospatial information. In particular they require: 1)
users and organizations to use mainstream information
technology to rapidly share and apply many different kinds
of geographic information, 2) users and organizations to use
diverse geographic software and data to address a variety of
situations, and 3) interoperability between diverse systems.

The CICE Architecture provides initial insight into how
existing systems and information in use across thousands of
local, county, state, and provincial jurisdictions in the
United States, Canada and other nations can be extended to
achieve interoperability necessary to support these needs.
The CICE Architecture also provides information necessary to
assure that future procurements and development programs
implement needed levels of interoperability.
Please visit http://ip.opengis.org/cip/ to learn more about
CICE and to register to be part of a CICE discussion forum.
OGC has established the website to encourage an ongoing
dialog and partnership to advance geoprocessing and
location-based services objectives of critical
infrastructure protection.

Events

The Salina Seminar Series combines top notch speakers and a wide variety of topics with the opportunity to network with leading vendors and Land Surveyors from all over the Midwest, creating one of the premiere educational venues in the Midwest.

Annually, TSPS produces a two-day, multi-track, affordable and accessible educational event designed to provide continuing adult education and credit hours approved by the Texas Board of Professional Land Surveyors to the community of professional surveyors as well as other professionals.

Products

We began by creating a survey as a cooperative effort between several high level geospatial leaders, POB staff, and Clear Seas Research market research experts. The survey was sent out to more than 25,000 geospatial professionals who subscribe to POB and/or are members of MAPPS.